Tivela
Tivela is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Meretricinae of the family Veneridae, the Venus clams.[1]
| Tivela | |
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| The outside of one valve of Tivela ponderosa | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Mollusca | 
| Class: | Bivalvia | 
| Order: | Venerida | 
| Family: | Veneridae | 
| Genus: | Tivela Link, 1815  | 
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Species
    
According to the World Register of Marine Species, the following species are included in the genus Tivela:[2]
- Tivela argentina (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)
 - Tivela bicolor Gray
 - Tivela byronensis (Gray, 1838)
 - Tivela compressa G.B. Sowerby II, 1851
 - Tivela cora Römer, 1864
 - Tivela damaoides (W. Wood, 1828)
 - Tivela delessertii (G. B. Sowerby II, 1854)
 - Tivela dentaria (Lamarck, 1818)
 - Tivela dillwyni (Deshayes, 1853)
 - Tivela dunkeri Römer, 1864
 - Tivela fulminata (Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1827)
 - Tivela geijskesi van Regteren Altena, 1968
 - Tivela laevigata (J. E. Gray, 1838)
 - Tivela lamyi Dautzenberg, 1929
 - Tivela lessonii (Deshayes, 1830)
 - Tivela lineata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1851)
 - Tivela mactroides (Born, 1778)
 - Tivela mulawana Biggs, 1969
 - Tivela natalensis Dunker, 1858
 - Tivela planulata (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1830)
 - Tivela ponderosa (F.C.L. Koch in R.A. Philippi, 1844)
 - Tivela rejecta Smith, 1914
 - Tivela stefaninii (Nardini, 1933)
 - Tivela stultorum (Mawe, 1823)
 - Tivela transversa (G. B. Sowerby III, 1897)
 - Tivela trigonella (Lamarck, 1818)
 - Tivela tripla (Linnaeus, 1767)
 - Tivela valae Lussi, 1996
 - Tivela zonaria (Lamarck, 1818)
 
- Synonyms
 
- Tivela abaconis Dall, 1902: synonym of Tivela trigonella (Lamarck, 1818)
 - Tivela brasiliana Dall, 1902: synonym of Tivela mactroides (Born, 1778)
 - Tivela dolabella G.B. Sowerby II, 1851: synonym of Tivela damaoides (W. Wood, 1828)
 - Tivela elegans A. E. Verrill, 1870: synonym of Tivela byronensis (Gray, 1838)
 - Tivela floridana Rehder, 1939: synonym of Tivela trigonella (J.B.P.A. Lamarck, 1818)
 - Tivela foresti Fischer-Piette & Testud, 1967: synonym of Tivela fulminata (Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1827)
 - Tivela hartvigii Dunker, 1879: synonym of Tivela compressa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1851)
 - Tivela isabelleana (d'Orbigny, 1846): synonym of Tivela dentaria (Lamarck, 1818)
 - Tivela petiti Dautzenberg, 1929: synonym of Tivela transversa (G. B. Sowerby III, 1897)
 - Tivela platyaulax (Tomlin, 1924): synonym of Comus platyaulax (Tomlin, 1924)
 - Tivela polita G.B. Sowerby II, 1851: synonym of Tivela planulata (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1830)
 - Tivela plathyaulax (Tomlin, 1924): synonym of Comus platyaulax (Tomlin, 1924)
 - Tivela rejecta E. A. Smith, 1914, sensu P. G. Oliver, 1995: synonym of Tivela damaoides (W. Wood, 1828) (misapplication)
 - Tivela scarificata S. S. Berry, 1940: synonym of Tivela stultorum (Mawe, 1823)
 - Tivela subglobosa Dunker, 1864: synonym of Tivela mactroides (Born, 1778) (junior subjective synonym)
 - Tivela tomlini Haughton, 1932: synonym of Tivela compressa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1851)
 - Tivela trigona Borchert, 1901: synonym of Tivela dentaria (Lamarck, 1818)
 - Tivela ventricosa (Gray, 1838): synonym of Tivela zonaria (Lamarck, 1818)
 - Tivela vulgaris Link, 1807: synonym of Tivela mactroides (Born, 1778)
 
References
    
- MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Trigona Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=516220 on 2022-10-01
 - WoRMS : Tivela
 
External links
    
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tivela.
- Link, D.H.F. (1807-1808). Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Adlers Erben. 1 Abt.
 - Olsson, A. A. (1961). Mollusks of the tropical eastern Pacific, particularly from the southern half of the Panamic-Pacific faunal province (Panama to Peru). Panamic-Pacific Pelecypoda. Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca. 574 pp, 86 pl
 - Dall, W. H. (1891). On a new subgenus of Meretrix, with descriptions of two new species from Brazil. The Nautilus. 5(3): 26-29, 2 text-figures
 
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